Mum Life Moments | Funny Things That Happen When You're A Mum

Kelly Pinter

4 August 2025·6 min read

Mum life is full of unexpected moments, some funny, some messy, all very real. From lost shoes in the car to toddlers crying over sandwich shapes, these small stories sum up the everyday chaos mums know well. This post shares 63 short, relatable mum life moments that show what parenting really looks like. If you've ever reheated the same coffee three times or been called “Mum” 50 times in a minute, this list is for you.

1. I told my Mum I thought parenting got easier as the kids get older and she laughed so hard she cried a little.
2. My teen is mad at me and it could be because of any of the horrible things I did this morning: stood in the kitchen, poured coffee, stared out the window, said good morning, breathed...
3. Kids make a lot of plans for people who can't drive anywhere.
4. I don't want to sleep like a baby. I want to sleep like my husband.
5. When you finally have time for a girls' night and realise your entire wardrobe went out of style in 2003.
6. I asked to switch seats on a plane because I was next to a crying baby. Evidently that doesn't work if the baby is yours.
7. The two amounts of pasta I'm best at cooking: 1. not enough 2. enough for 3,000 people.
8. It's spicy: universal Mum Code for 'I don't want to share'.
9. Mum's recipe for iced coffee: 1. Have kids. 2. Make coffee. 3. Forget you made coffee. 4. Drink it cold.
10. Let's get married and have kids so instead of enjoying coffee in the morning, you can braid hair while I pack lunches, and we can all be late.
11. They say women speak 20,000 words a day. I have a child who gets that done by breakfast.
12. A toddler can do more in one unsupervised minute than most people can do in a day.
13. Please excuse the mess, my kids are making memories...of me constantly telling them to clean up the mess.
14. Silence is golden. Unless you have kids. Then silence is suspicious.
15. One minute you are young and cool, maybe even a little daring, and the next you are reading shopping reviews for birdseed.
16. Why was the house so neat on Mother’s Day? Because Mum spent all day Saturday cleaning it.
17. When your Mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.
18. Be nice to your children, for they will choose your rest home.
19. The majority of my diet is made up of foods that my kid didn’t finish.
20. When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I come out.
21. Sleep at this point is just a concept, something I'm looking forward to investigating in the future.

A random mum life moment with every tap of your phone...

22. When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
23. Only I can understand my child. She's says, 'Bdidk g idkgndg kgdogjj ogijg'. And I say, 'Okay, I will get you a piece of sausage in just a minute'.
24. Becoming a Mum means you have accepted that for 16 years of your life, you will have a sticky purse.
25. Cleaning with kids in the house is like brushing your teeth with Oreos.
26. Mum: The amazing ability to hear a sneeze through closed doors, in the middle of the night, three bedrooms away...while daddy snores next to you.
27. Whoever wrote the song “Easy Like Sunday Morning” did not have kids.
28. There is a legend that if you take a shower and scream “Mum” three times, a nice lady appears with the towel you forgot.
29. When your Mum’s voice is so loud, even your neighbours brush their teeth and get dressed.
30. Son: “Mum, what’s a weekend?”. Mum: “I don’t know, sweetheart, I haven’t had one since you were born.”
31. Yes, please get a new cup every time you need water — I love doing the dishes.
32. You know you’re a Mum when you understand why Mama Bear’s porridge was too cold.
33. You know you’re a Mum when picking up another human to smell their bum isn’t only normal, but necessary.
34. My housekeeping style as a Mum can best be described as “there appears to have been a struggle”.
35. My nickname is Mum. But my full name is “Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum”.
36. My kids asked me what it was like to be a Mum. So, I woke them up at 3 a.m. demanding to know where my lucky sock was.
37. Motherhood: When changing from plaid flannel PJs into black yoga pants qualifies as getting dressed.
38. I love my kids. Not enough to flip the fish fingers halfway through cooking, but I love them.
39. What three words solve Dad’s every problem? Ask your Mother.
40. A Mother’s sacrifice isn’t giving birth. It’s nine months without wine.
41. Parenting is buying a climbing frame and swing set just so you can sit in the garden and drink wine in peace.
42. Mum: I’m going to donate these bags of clothes to charity. But first, I’m going to drive around with them in my boot for four months.

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43. Motherhood is a constant battle between going to bed to catch up on some sleep or staying awake to finally get some alone time.
44. Mum Pro Tip: If you’re old enough to critique what I put in your lunch box, you’re old enough to make it yourself.
45. My menu consists of two choices: Take it or leave it.
46. The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.
47. Being a Mum means kids banging on the bathroom door like the police, asking for a drink, while you’re in the shower. And Dad is in the kitchen.
48. I hate it when I’m waiting for mum to cook dinner and then I remember I am mum and have to cook dinner.
49. The funny thing about children is that they are the reason we lose it and the reason we hold it together!
50. Both of us can’t look good at the same time - it’s me or the house.
51. Just when I thought parenting could not get any harder, my kids come home with recorders.
52. If you don’t know where your kids are in the house, turn off the WiFi and watch them slowly appear.
53. I let ‘crazy Mum’ out every once in a while. Just enough so my kids are aware she exists.
54. Every Mum’s handbag is a mini supermarket, toy box, and first aid kit combined.
55. Kids can hear a chocolate wrapper opening from two floors away but can’t hear you calling their name.
56. Why do kids always want the toy that’s furthest under the couch?
57. There’s no fear like hearing 'oops' from another room.
58. Mum life is being a human Google for your kids’ endless questions.
59. A lot of parenting involves doing really nice things for your kids, and your kids making you regret that decision instantly.
60. One of the most exciting things that can happen to a parent is one of their kid's activities getting cancelled at the last minute.
61. Today I decided to send my kids to school with every hat, glove, and scarf we own so they can just lose all of them at once and get it over with.
62. I've reached that point as a Mum where I'll eat a piece of cake with my bare hands over the bin if it means not getting another dish dirty.
63. The main reason I fold laundry is to free up the laundry baskets to make room for more laundry.